June 2009 News..

• Unemployment Call Center Establishes Dedicated Phone Line For Filing A New Claim:  Restructuring of phone system is designed to reduce wait times and busy signals

May 2009 News...

• Grants Awarded To Strengthen Targeted Industries In Regions Across Colorado: Regional partners to address the link between skills development and economic development
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For April 2009

April 2009 News...

• Coalition of Eagle County Service Providers To Offer A Community Resource Fair:  May 7 event to help people get back to work
   
• Coalition of Summit County Service Providers to Offer A Community Resource And Job Fair:  April 22 Event to Help People Get Back to Work
   
• Trinidad Workforce Center and Carnegie Public Library Join Forces To Assist Job Seekers:  Series of presentations set to help people get back to work
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For March 2009

March 2009 News...

• More Extended Emergency Unemployment Benefits Now Available For Colorado:  Colorado to notify claimants who may be eligible for up to thirteen weeks of benefits
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For February 2009
   

• Rocky Mountain Resource Fair to Help Coloradans In Turbulent Economic Times:  Free event is coming to the Denver Merchandise Mart on April 9
   
• Weekly Bulletin From:  The Unemployment Insurance Program Colorado Department Of Labor And Employment
   
• Extended Emergency Unemployment Benefits Not Available For Colorado:  Three-Month Average Unemployment Rate Just Under 6 Percent
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For January 2009
   

• Colorado To Focus On “Sector Strategies” In Rebuilding The Economy

February 2009 News...

• Colorado Unemployment Program:  Responds To Impact Of Economic Crisis
   
• State Labor Department Launches Direct Deposit Option For Unemployment Claimants:  Claimants Now Can Have Benefits Electronically Deposited Into Their Bank Account

January 2009 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For December 2008

December 2008 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For November 2008
   
• State Labor Department To Provide Extension Of Emergency Unemployment Benefits:  Additional benefits available for eligible claimants

November 2008 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For October 2008
   
• Gov. Ritter Declares Keep Colorado Working Day (Thursday, Nov. 20th)
   
• Workforce Centers To Receive Additional Funding To Better Assist Colorado Job Seekers
   

• Salida Workforce Center:  To Honor Veterans On November 12
   

• Canon City Workforce Center:  To Honor Veterans On November 10
   

• Eastern Colorado Workforce Center Focuses On Veterans Employment Needs In November:  Honorary Proclamation From Governor Ritter Declares November
  Hire A Veteran First Month

October 2008 News...

• Workforce Centers To Assist U.S. Central Pipeline Company Workers Facing Layoffs:  Workforce Centers Will Offer Services And Assistance Following Job Loss
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For September 2008
   

• Morgan County Economic Development Corporation Recognized
  For Excellence With 2008 Partnership Award:  Company is recognized for its efforts in building a high quality workforce in Eastern Colorado
   
• NurseCore Is Presented 2008 Business Partnership Award: Company is recognized for its efforts in building a high quality workforce in the healthcare industry
   

• Career Fair Morgan County Set To Give Students An Insider’s Look At A Variety Of Industries:  Schools from across Morgan County will participate in the event

September 2008 News...

• E3 Job Fair Coming To Denver On September 25:  Free event offers thousands of job opportunities plus access to resources and information
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For August 2008
   

• Regional Energy Industry Job Fair Coming To Larimer County Fairgrounds On September 24:  Representatives from numerous businesses will be on hand to help job seekers learn about career opportunities in the prestigious energy industry
   

• Free Seminar Will Show Employers How To Make “Cents” Out Of Going Green:  Presentation is one of the events scheduled for Workforce Development Month

August 2008 News...

• Employers And Teen Workers Recognized For Making Governor’s Summer Job Hunt 2008 A Great Success:  Akron Teen and Employer Win Awards for Their Achievements
   
• Employers And Teen Workers Recognized For Making Governor’s Summer Job Hunt 2008 A Great Success:  YMCA of Pueblo Wins Award for Extraordinary Assistance to Youth
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up 2008 Season:  Program Assisted Over 1000 Teens in Southwestern Colorado
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up A Great Success In 2008:  Workforce Centers in Western Colorado Assist Over 1000 Teens This Summer
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up A Successful Year:  Over 1100 teens assisted in Garfield, Eagle, Summit, Pitkin and Lake Counties this summer
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up 2008 As A Great Success In Northwest Colorado:  Workforce Centers in Craig, Granby, Meeker, Rangely and Steamboat Springs serve almost 1000 teens
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up 2008:  Program Provided Assistance to Over One Thousand Youth in Mesa County This Summer
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Honors Two Greeley Employers for Extraordinary Assistance to Youth:  JBS Swift and Company and City of Greeley are recognized at 2008 Summer Job Hunt Wrap Up Event
   
• Governor's Summer Job Hunt 2008:  Lamar Teen Wins Award for Her Extraordinary Work Ethic
   
• Teen Workers Recognized For Great Achievements In Governor’s Summer Job Hunt 2008:  Boulder Teens Overcome Obstacles to Achieve Much in Their First Summer Jobs
   
• Employers And Teen Workers Recognized For Making Governor’s Summer Job Hunt 2008 A Great Success:  City of Fort Collins Wins Award for Extraordinary Assistance to Youth
   
• Employers And Teen Workers Recognized For Making Governor’s Summer Job Hunt 2008 A Great Success:  Wendy’s in Trinidad Wins Award for Extraordinary Assistance to Youth
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt A Great Success In 2008:  La Junta Middle School Counselor Honored for Her Assistance to Youth
   
• Employers And Teen Workers Recognized For Making 2008 Governor’s Summer Job Hunt A Great Success:  Three Denver Metro Employers Win Awards for Extraordinary Assistance to Youth
   
• Peggy Herbertson Named Director of Colorado’s Division of Employment And Training:  Position oversees the state workforce system, the unemployment insurance program, staff to the Workforce Development Council and state’s Labor Market Information Office
   
• Third Annual Workforce Center E3 Job Fair to Nearly Double in Size:  Hiring event is part of Workforce Development Month in Colorado
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For July 2008
   

• Employer Presentation To Offer Help In Making The Best Hiring Decisions:
  E3 Business Forum will tell employers how to screen applicants, do effective interviewing and even how to do an effective termination

July 2008 News...

• Layoff Assistance To Be Provided To Former Employees Of Gerards Bakery:  Information to be provided on Wednesday and Friday as a service of the Department of Labor and Employment and Local Workforce Centers
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For June 2008
   

• Energy Job Fair Coming To Trinidad On July 25:  Free event offers great job opportunities plus access to resources and information
   

• State Labor Department To Provide Extended Unemployment Benefits:
  Additional Benefits Available For Eligible Claimants

June 2008 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For May 2008
   

• Disaster Unemployment Assistance Deadline Fast Approaching:  Individuals Displaced By Tornado Damage May Be Eligible For Disaster Unemployment Assistance
   
• Walsenburg Workforce Center Set To Move To New Location:  Workforce Center to share facility with Huerfano Chamber of Commerce, providing training and job placement services three days each week
   
• Individuals Displaced From Their Jobs By Tornado Damage:  May Be Eligible For Disaster Unemployment Assistance

May 2008 News...

• Workers Displaced From Their Jobs By Tornado Damage:  May Be Eligible For Disaster Unemployment Assistance
   

• 2007 Survey Results: of Colorado Occupational Wages Now Available
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For April 2008
   

• State Labor Department Launches Automated Payment Card In Colorado:  Payment card offers claimants a secure way to receive unemployment benefits; cuts taxpayer costs associated with check processing and paper consumption
   
• Colorado’s Last Unemployment Check Rolls Off The Press Friday At 12 Noon:  It’s The End Of An Era And The Start Of New Way Of Doing Business

April 2008 News...

• Glenwood Springs Workforce Center:  Offers Job Fair On May 3
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For March 2008
   

• Pueblo Workforce Center:  Libraries To Offer Job Seeking Assistance
   

• Report Provides Assessment of Colorado’s Workforce Talent Pool:  Report calls for coordinated statewide effort to implement key recommendations for guiding workforce development into the future
   
• State Labor Department Receives Job Training Grant:  Two colleges to receive funds to address labor shortages in Colorado’s energy industry

March 2008 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For February 2008
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For January 2008

February 2008 News...

• Durango Workforce Center To Provide Assistance To Workers In Aftermath Of Main Street Fires:  March 4 Workshop Is A Service Of The Department Of Labor And Employment
   
• Employment Services Of Weld County Ready To Stage 2008 Youth Job Fair:  Recruiting Event Specifically Targeting Youth Comes To The Island Grove Park On March 4, 2008
   

• Assistance On The Way To Adam Aircraft Workers Facing Layoffs:  Friday’s workshop is a service of the Department of Labor and Employment
   

• Broomfield Workforce Center Ready To Stage Metro Area’s First 2008 Youth Fair:  The Youth Career/Job Fair Comes To The Paul Derda Recreation Center On February 21
   
• Rocky Ford Workforce Center To Host Hiring Event For Colorado State Patrol:  February 20th Event Offers Opportunity To Individuals Interested In A Career In A Prestigious Law Enforcement Agency

January 2008 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For December 2007
   

• Business Forum To Be Presented By Pueblo Workforce Center:  Forum To Showcase Employer Incentive Packages And Free Assistance
   

• State Urges Employers To Be Wary When Told They Need Not Carry Workers Compensation Insurance:  Bad advice and misconceptions can lead to fines of up to $250 per day
   

• Yuma Workforce Center:  Relocates To New Offices
   
• Colorado Man Selected By Treasury Department:  To Serve On Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

December 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For November 2007
   

• Employer Presentation To Offer Help In Understanding A Variety
  Of Wage And Hour Laws:  Employers Will Also Learn About Colorado’s New Minimum Wage Law That Takes Effect On January 1
   

• New Minimum Wage To Go Into Effect January 1:  Colorado’s Minimum Wage To Be Raised From $6.85 To $7.02 Per Hour

 November 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For October 2007
   

• State Labor Department To Participate In Hire Vets First Job Fair:  Free Event Offers Great Job Opportunities Plus Access To Resources And Information

October 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments: For September 2007
   

• Department Of Labor And Employment To Offer Assistance To Homeless Veterans During 2007 ‘Stand Down’:  November 8 Event A Link To Survival For Hundreds Of Individuals On Denver’s Streets
   
• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year:  Boulder County Housing Authority And Two Teen Workers Are Honored In Appreciation Ceremony
   

• Colorado State Fair and the City of Pueblo Are Honored as Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year
   

• Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up 27th Year:  Teen worker honored by program with award for excellence
   
• Elizabeth Business is Honored as Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year
   
• Delta Business is Honored as Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program Wraps Up 27th Year
   
• Department Of Labor And Employment To Offer Assistance To Homeless Veterans At First ‘Stand Down’ In Larimer County:  October 30th Event To Be A Link To Survival For Hundreds Of Individuals On The Streets
   
• Lamar Light And Power And Its Teen Workers Honored As Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Wraps Up 27th Year

September 2007 News...

• Burlington Workforce Center:  To Hold Open House On October 10

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For August 2007
   

• South Central Workforce Centers And Rocky Mountain SER To Assist Businesses:  In Understanding Employment Laws
   

• Pueblo Workforce Center To Present E3 Business Forum On Workers’ Compensation:  Free event to be offered as part of Workforce Development Month

August 2007 News...

• Professional Driving Expo 2007:  Comes To Northern Colorado On September 15
   

• Celebrating Colorado’s Workers:  The Crown Jewel Of Our State’s Resources
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For July 2007
   

• Workforce Centers To Present Business Continental Breakfast:  Workforce Boulder County And Broomfield Workforce Center Team Up To Produce Special Event For Businesses

July 2007 News...

• State Agencies Team Up With Colorado Brownfields Foundation To Promote The Environmental Cleanup Of Numerous Properties:  First Projects Address Cleanups In Trinidad, Rocky Ford And Leadville
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For June 2007

June 2007 News...

• Rocky Ford Workforce Center To Offer Teens Workforce Preparation Skills:  Three Hour Session Offers Teens Successful Tips In Getting A Great Job – And Keeping It
   
• State Labor Department Names Twelve To Serve On Pay Equity Commission:   Group Holds Its First Meeting To Address Wage Gap Issues
   
• State Agency Unveils Immediate Plan:  For School Safety Review
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For May 2007
   

• Pagosa Springs Youth Fair A Great Success:  Workforce Center Partners With Community Minded Businesses And Pagosa Springs High School To Stage A Summer Hiring Event
   
• Pueblo Workforce Center To Assist Employers:  In Understanding Colorado’s Employment Verification Law

May 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For April 2007
   

• New Publication Designed To Help Migrant Workers In Southeast Colorado:   Learn About “Living In The Valley”

April 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For March 2007
   

• Department of Labor and Employment Refutes Any Alleged Endorsement:  of a Company Called Servicios De Migracion Para Todos
   
• Partners In Lake County Team Up To Create Workforce Needs Survey:   Leadville Workforce Center, Colorado Mountain College And Leadville/Lake County Chamber Of Commerce Need Employer Participation To Gather Information On Training Needs

March 2007 News...

• Plentiful Job Opportunities At Canon City Workforce Center’s Upcoming Job Fair:  Event Comes To Pueblo Community College Fremont Campus On April 14

• Employment Services Of Weld County And Aims Community College To Host Business Career Fair:  Event Comes To Aims Community College On March 27
   
• Pueblo Workforce Center To Assist Employers:  In Understanding EEOC Laws
   
• 50+ And Fabulous Job Fair To Offer Opportunities To Older Job Seekers:  Free Event To Take Place March 14 At Jefferson County Fairgrounds
   

• Colorado Labor Force Developments: For January 2007
   

• Canon City Workforce Center To Stage Big Job Fair On April 14:  Employers With Jobs To Fill – Now Or In The Near Future -- Are Encouraged To Participate In This Free Event

February 2007 News...

• Pikes Peak Workforce Center To Participate In Military Family Job Fair:  Free Event Offers Great Job Opportunities Plus Access To Resources And Information
   
• Broomfield Workforce Center Ready To Stage Metro Area’s First 2007 Youth Fair:  The Youth Career/Job Fair Comes To The Broomfield Event Center On February 20
   
• Trinidad Workforce Center To Host Special Hiring Event For Lawrence Construction Company:  Experienced Carpenters, Construction Laborers And Equipment Operators Being Sought

January 2007 News...

• Colorado Labor Force Developments:  For December 2006
   

• Monte Vista Workforce Center To Assist Employers In Understanding New Laws:  Colorado’s Minimum Wage Law and Employer Procedures When Hiring New Employees to be addressed in free seminar
   
• Governor Appoints:  Donald J. Mares Executive Director of Colorado Department of Labor And Employment